Wortherkunft von 'drop'

Old English dropian; related to Old High German triofan to drip

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1. ergative verb & verb

If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less. [V prep/adv] ⇒ Temperatures can drop to freezing at night. [V prep/adv] ⇒ Once the rate rises it never drops back to its previous level. [V] ⇒ His blood pressure had dropped severely. [V n] ⇒ He had dropped the price of his London home by £1.25m.

Drop is also a noun. [+ in] ⇒ He was prepared to take a drop in wages. ⇒ The poll indicates a drop in support for the Conservatives.

2. verb

If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall. [V n] ⇒ I dropped my glasses and broke them.

If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ Drop the noodles into the water. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ He dropped his plate into the sink. [V prep/adv] ⇒ ...shaped pots that simply drop into their own container. [V] ⇒ Bombs drop round us and the floor shudders.

If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way. [V prep/adv] ⇒ Nancy dropped into a nearby chair. [V] ⇒ She let her head drop. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ He dropped his hands on to his knees.

6. verb [no cont]

To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something. [emphasis] [V] ⇒ She looked about to drop. [V] ⇒ You have to run until you drop.

7. verb

If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude. [V n] ⇒ A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers.

8. ergative verb & verb

If your voicedrops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly. [V + to] ⇒ Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper. [V n] ⇒ He dropped his voice and glanced round at the door. [Also V, V n to n]

9. verb

If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ He dropped me outside the hotel. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ Many children had been dropped at the stadium by their parents. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ Tim had dropped the letter in earlier.

Drop off means the same as drop. [V n P prep/adv] ⇒ Just drop me off at the airport. [VP n] ⇒ He was dropping off a late birthday present.

10. verb

If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it. [V n] ⇒ He was told to drop the idea. [V n] ⇒ The prosecution was forced to drop the case. [V n] ⇒ Many nations still had not dropped sanctions against South Africa.

droppinguncountable noun [+ of] ⇒ This was one of the factors that led to President Suharto's dropping of his previous objections.

11. verb [usu passive]

If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization. [beV-ed] ⇒ The country's captain was dropped from the tour party to England.

12. verb

If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it. [V n] ⇒ Oremans has yet to drop a set.

13. verb

If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position. [V prep/adv] ⇒ Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.

14. countable noun

A dropof a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink. [+ of] ⇒ ...a drop of blue ink. ⇒ Add the cream a few drops at a time. ⇒ I'll have another drop of that Italian milk.

You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirtyfeet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it. ⇒ There was a sheer drop just outside my window. ⇒ It's only a four-foot drop.

Beispielsätze, die 'drop' enthalten

The closest she'd got was the sudden drop at the end of the terrace, where the Paperwings actually took off.Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYRGreig introduced his wife, asked Andrea to drop by his rooms at tea time.Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERSHe had to tell her to drop out of his life, that he could no longer help her.Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOWThe girl took several swallows, then let her head drop back down.Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED

drop (drops) n. (drɒp). 1. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; a shape that is spherical and small. 2. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. 3. a central depository where things can be left or picked up; a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property); droplet, small amount, candy, decrease, cliff, fall, drop cloth, drib, drop-off, pearl اِنْحِسَار؛ اِنْخِفاض؛ إنْحِطَاط؛ تَدَهْوُر؛ تَقَهْقُر؛ سَقْطَة؛ قَطْرَة؛ نُقْطَة؛ هَبْطَة؛ هُبُوط؛ وَقْعَة